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DNEG Promotes Tom Jacomb to President of Animation, Expands Division
DNEG, a leading visual effects (VFX) and animation studio for the creation of feature film, television and multiplatform content, announced the promotion of Tom...
Digital Dimension Appoints New Animation Production Execs
Following a year of significant growth, Digital Dimension Entertainment Group (DDEG), a company focusing on the creation and production of original animated content and...
VFX & Animation Icons React: Original ‘King Kong’ Returns to Theaters
For the first time in more than 60 years, the original 1933 King Kong is returning to movie theaters across the country for one...
Digital Domain Opens Fourth New Studio in Four Years in Montreal
On Wednesday, Academy Award-winning visual effects studio Digital Domain officially launched Digital Domain Montréal -- its ninth location worldwide. The Montréal studio will focus...
Digital Domain Brings “DigiDoug” to TED Talk Stage with Xsens
For more than a quarter-century, Digital Domain has been at the forefront of film visual effects, developing innovative technology and techniques for boundary-pushing films...
The Top 10 VFX Supervisors of 2019
Featuring a keynote address from Marvel Studios production chief Victoria Alonso and 11 different production sessions delving into the making of blockbuster hits, this...
Learning from the Masters: Must-Take US Animation & VFX Classes
***This article originally appeared in Animation Magazine’s 2019 International Education & Career Guide***
In an era when teachers can be rated like restaurants on Yelp,...
Faceware Launches Shepherd Mocap Sync Software
Faceware Technologies -- the leading innovator and most experienced provider of markerless 3D facial motion capture solutions -- today announced the upcoming release of...
Visual Effects Society Announces 2018 Fellows
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, has announced the 2018 class of VES Fellows. The distinction, bestowed by the...
Academy Governors Awards Honor Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday night (September 4) to present Honorary Awards to publicist...
JAMM Hires Steward Burris as Animation Supervisor
Santa Monica-based creative visual effects studio JAMM has hired on animation veteran and longtime collaborator Steward Burris as Animation Supervisor. Burris has been working...
Lucasfilm Prez Kathleen Kennedy to Receive Cinematic Imagery Award
The Art Directors Guild has announced that eight-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and President of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy will receive the 2018 Cinematic Imagery Award at...
MOVA Inventors File Infringement Suit Against Disney, Marvel
The inventors of Oscar-winning movie technology MOVA Contour Reality Capture have filed suit against Disney, Marvel Studios and ILM, alleging copyright, patent and trademark...
Tom Sito Joins Academy Board; Edlund Returns to VFX Branch
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the new electees to its 2017-18 Board of Governors. Among these esteemed industry veterans,...
SIGGRAPH: Blackmagic, Faceware, Thinkbox and More
Blackmagic Design has totted up the numbers and announced that over 20 of this summer’s hottest films utilized its cameras and products such as...
People on the Move: Hires, Promotions & Departures
+ Glasgow-based Axis CG studio -- which provides animation for video game, film and TV projects like its VES Award-nominated Halo 5: Guardians cinematic...
VFX Supervisor Dan Akers Joins Blur Studio
Academy Award and Emmy-nominated animation, VFX and design house Blur Studio has hired on Dan Akers as Visual Effects Supervisor. With nearly 15 years...
Eric Barba Joins ILM Vancouver as Creative Director
Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm, is adding Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Eric Barba to its Vancouver studio team as Creative...
Mova Tech Legal Battle Heats Up
An innovative means of capturing minute facial performance information, used in the blockbuster superhero flicks Deadpool and Avengers: Ages of Ultron, is the subject...
Digital Domain Promotes Barba to CCO
Venice-based studio Digital Domain 3.0 Oscar-winning vfx supervisor Eric Barba to Chief Creative Officer/senior vfx supervisor. In his expanded role, Barba, will help to...
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